Providing support for bowel cancer patients & carers in the Brighton and Lewes area

Free Macmillan Training Courses

Jane Viner (Macmillan Engagement Lead – South East) would like you to be made aware of this programme of training opportunities. To see a brochure for details of all courses to be run throughout the South-East click on the picture. Here is a list FAQs (frequently asked questions). As you can see, some courses are designated for Macmillan and Health care professionals, but those suitable for Cancer Support Groups, Macmillan Volunteers and People Affected by Cancer are summarised below:-

Listening and RespondingWe all like to think of ourselves as good listeners, but do you want to do more to develop our listening skills, so that you can better support people affected by cancer? This workshop will help you to identify the differences between listening and other helping strategies such as providing information and advice as well as developing and practising your listening and responding skills in a supportive environment.

To book on to a course or for further details about the venue, facilities, and timings, please contact your Learning & Development Team on: LondonSELearning@macmillan.org.ukor Tel: 01904 756447

Help develop How Macmillan Engages with People Affected By Cancer and Local Communities

We would like people living with cancer to have a role in shaping the future of Macmillan, this work will help us to understand the best ways of including people living with cancer in the planning, delivery and evaluation of our work in the community.
We are engaging people living with cancer in a number of different ways. We are visiting local support groups and asking for opinion and feedback from members during the meeting. We are also carrying out 1 x 1 sessions with people if they are unable to join us in a meeting.

If you would like to get involved and for us to come along to your support group or meet you on a one to one basis please do let me know: jane Viner – Macmillan Engagement Lead – jviner@macmillan.org.uk

We would like to learn about the experiences and needs of LGBTQ people in Brighton and Hove and Sussex who are affected by cancer

Macmillan Cancer Support and Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard are working together to engage with the local community to learn about the experiences and needs of LGBTQ people in Brighton and Hove and Sussex who are affected by cancer. This engagement work will be used to inform how LGBTQ people affected by cancer can be best supported; and to identify areas where improvements to patient experience can be made through Macmillan and in collaboration.
Switchboard has created two surveys as part of the project and would love to hear from as many people as possible. One is for LBGTQ community members affected by cancer (including partners, carers and family members of people with cancer); the other is for professionals (including volunteers) supporting LGBTQ people affected by cancer. Switchboard is also holding two focus groups to learn more about the experiences of these community members and professionals. Take either of the surveys to receive details of the focus groups, or email chris.brown@switchboard.org.uk.

Have Your Say About Macmillan’s Community Engagement Values and Principles

At Macmillan Cancer Support we understand how important it is for people living with cancer to have their views and opinions heard, particularly about their cancer experience. We want to be clear in our commitment to engaging with people living with cancer and their families in their own communities. As a part of this commitment, we are developing a set of community engagement values and principles and we need to ensure that they are meaningful and have people living with cancer at the heart of the process.
For us to do this well, we need to really understand how you feel about the values and principles that we’re proposing. We’d really like your feedback on what they mean to you; whether we have missed something important; what it would look like to you when they are working well and anything else you think we need to know.

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